BRAIN/BOC: interview w/ Deborah Frost - the tBS name?

[Albert Bouchard]

"Ted Jackson jr." wrote:

> On 1 May 00, at 18:30, Johnny Firich wrote:
>
> > In the interview, Deb said that the band's name came from Patti
> > Smith's lyrics to "Baby ice dog". I think she says it was a joke, or
> > something.
> >
> > Well, I don't get it!!!
> >
> > Someone please explain!!! I went through the lyrics 20 times today
> > (thinking I mis-heard a line that explains it, it wouldn't be
> > uncommon), and I just don't get it. There's no mention of anything
> > near the keywords "brain" and "surgeon".
> >
> >
> I was thinking maybe Deb misspoke and meant to cite Career of Evil,
> which has lines like:
>
> Pay me to be your surgeon
> I'd like to pick your brain
>

Kudos to you Ted you've got it right. I just asked her and she quoted the
lyrics you mention and then said, "Oh wait, that's Career of Evil!"

Deb played rhythm guitar on14 of the 22 songs on POW. She also played the
slide on all songs but Alpha & Omega which I played. Pete played all the
leads except Simple Man, Competition and Lady of the Harbor, which Billy
played. Deb plays bass only live. What we're doing now for the live show
is more different than anything I've ever done. I'm playing drums,
mandolin and harmonica, sometimes all at once. We're playing six songs
from PoW and we've added some new BOC songs too.